Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- The York Observatory
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Cinema Comes to York
- A Pipkin
- The Norman Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Cawood Sword
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Bombed
- Crest of York St John College
- Viking Silk Cap
- De Grey Rooms